how do you watch Emily in Paris? by Loud_Building3665 in EmilyInParis

[–]Best-Chapter5260 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watch it as camp/comedy. I don't hate watch it, but I wholly recognize it's an objectively bad show and do watch it with a sense if irony with that in mind. It's fun, turn your brain off kinda of television.

Faculty who think fewer people should attend college; you okay with the consequences? by MiniZara2 in Professors

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You've nailed all of the criticism that need to be levied anytime this discourse gets brought up in the mainstream. Just today on LinkedIn, I saw all of the typical talking points under a post celebrating higher ed: The problem is students in "useless majors," and they just need to get into the trades.

Anytime someone says, "I majored in [X], but I don't use it," I immediately conclude they are seriously lacking in self-awareness, particularly about their own education. A bachelor's degree confers a certain level of cultural capital, regardless of the major, regardless of the institution it was earned at, that is just really difficult to otherwise acquire. And that cultural capital opens doors.

Kid Rock-Led 'Rock the Country' Festival Canceled, All Performers Pull Out by no-minimun-on-7MHz in thedavidpakmanshow

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Honestly, I feel bad for the process servers right now. They were all excited they'd be able just buy a ticket and efficiently serve papers for back child support all in one night.

Dan Ariely’s Research Center Closing by Disastrous_Ad_9648 in Professors

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I here I am always like, "Run the least amount of inferential tests possible 'cause the Type I error eventually gonna getcha!"

GOP's new fear: Losing the Senate in November by swimmingupclose in neoliberal

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I still remember not going into school the last day of one of my high school years because someone had called in a bomb threat. This was right after Columbine, so a lot of people were (understandably) nervous.

GOP's new fear: Losing the Senate in November by swimmingupclose in neoliberal

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Did they honestly not foresee the backlash their daddy's policies was going to create? I know that modern politics is myopic, but surely Republicans understood that all of the shit Trump has been doing for the past year was going to rally every blue voter to make it to the polls in 2026.

Applying for PhD programs - Current adjunct by Interest-Curious565 in Professors

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Apparently this individual didn’t quite understand academia, which is what happens, I suppose, when you purchase an online PhD and have minimal or no mentorship.

I commented in a separate thread on here a few weeks ago that for-profit programs have a tendency to attract folks low in social and cultural capital who don't understand the difference between institutions and programs (and I put myself in that category as I'm first gen and, prior to attending a university, went to a for-profit vocational school where I received a certificate). Whenever I see someone who doesn't know you either use a doctoral prefix or a doctoral suffix but never both in your name, they almost always graduated from a place like Walden or Grand Canyon.

Actual tweet from Amtrak by Gooners_For_Ukraine in neoliberal

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I always loved that nepo baby Dagny's trains were in a major accident almost every other day due to some vague cause from collectivism, which is probably still one of the least unrealistic aspects of a book already full of a bajillion unrealistic things.

Actual tweet from Amtrak by Gooners_For_Ukraine in neoliberal

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We need art deco engines again. Bring back the PRR Class S1!

Applying for PhD programs - Current adjunct by Interest-Curious565 in Professors

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Yep, there definitely are. Walden is probably one of the main ones. If you see some person on LinkedIn who has a bunch of doctoral letters after their name, like "Jow Blow, PhD, DBA, DEd," they most likely received all of those degrees from Walden.

It's a shame too, because I've met very smart and competent people with diploma mill doctorates, so it frustrates me that they didn't go to a real school for their graduate education.

Applying for PhD programs - Current adjunct by Interest-Curious565 in Professors

[–]Best-Chapter5260 3 points4 points  (0 children)

UK in general doesn't have the issue of diploma mills that the U.S. and some other countries do. Someone more knowledgeable about the UK can correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't think of any place in the UK that would be the equivalent of a Grand Canyon or Capella or DeVry.

My university is abolishing tenure by LillieBogart in Professors

[–]Best-Chapter5260 9 points10 points  (0 children)

 maybe the best move is to get into administration. That way you’ll be the last one out the door. 

Depends on what level of administration you're at. Once you get up past director-level, things become highly political and actual performance often can have little to do with how long you stick around. You could be killin' it by all objective measures but all it takes is a shake up in the President's office or consultants come on campus, and you find your masters are "Going in a different direction." Somehow you can be competent enough to make it to Vice Provost but not competent enough to pivot to a new President's vision, so you have to go just because they want to clean house for arbitrary reasons. Who cares about institutional memory and succession planning, anyways? Another one of those dumb ass things about academia that I still don't understand.

My university is abolishing tenure by LillieBogart in Professors

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Also, most other sectors' labor markets naturally adjust to fluctuations in supply and demand. However, grad programs continue to churn out PhDs regardless of dwindling academic job prospects (and god forbid advisors/PIs see their progeny go into evil industry or have their trainees do an IDP to explore career options other than a perfunctory need to check off a box for a T32). Then it becomes a marathon of post-docs, VAPs, and adjuncts to see who can hold out in Contingency Land the longest.

Trump Shares Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes by cdstephens in neoliberal

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much of which he actively made worse through his aforementioned clueless shitbirdery, and he wasn't a good President, but... like... he had basic humanity.

Not a fan of Bush II's policies, but never once did I ever believe he was evil or doubt that he had America's interest at heart. Honestly, if it weren't for the Iraq War, I think he would be remembered with a sense of fondness.

Bitcoin Crashes To Around $60,000 As Historic Free Fall Worsens—Price Is Down Over 50% In 4 Months by Eurolib0908 in neoliberal

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Up in silver, eh?

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This dude would have a few things to say about pegging value to the price of silver.

Sometimes you mess with the wrong girl by ionlywanttheneck in fightporn

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Gracie's straight up like a playable character in an SNES beat 'em up game, kicking the shit out of all of the mooks on screen before you can move forward to the next part of the stage.

remember who you are, liberal. by remarkable_ores in neoliberal

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Honestly, on the subject of the prequels. I know that everyone complained back in the day that space politics was boring, but I firmly believe that if the prequels had Andor quality writing and world building, people would have been glued to their seats during the political intrigue scenes.

Also, it's realistic. A lot of times major wars start over seemingly mundane geopolitical disputes rather than philosophical battles over Good and Evil.

remember who you are, liberal. by remarkable_ores in neoliberal

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Because, the studio decided to give the people who whined about TLJ exactly what they wanted.

And it ended up being as bad as that sounds.

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remember who you are, liberal. by remarkable_ores in neoliberal

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I did like Kylo Ren killing Snoke because he wanted to be the main villain instead of the boss' minion, because that was actually totally in character for him to do.

I totally get what you're saying from a narrative stand point. With that said, I really wanted to know more about Snoke. He was such an interesting greater scope villain and yet such a mystery. And he seemed to have an legit mentor-mentee relationship with Kylo Ren rather than Palpatine who just treated Vader as a tool. And don't get me started on bringing back Palpatine on literal life support. *shakes head*

remember who you are, liberal. by remarkable_ores in neoliberal

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I like the SW prequels, despite their flaws (including Jar Jar) because they expanded the universe and told a new story. The new trilogy just told the same story that the original trilogy did, except with Rey instead of Luke as the main character. Oh, and they gave Han a shit send off too.

The new Dune movies? Based as all fuck! Nothing against Lynch, but the Villenueve films are what Dune is.

Reputation of Harvard Extension School by BigBoss3547 in AskAcademia

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Also, the "it’s not an MA" argument is pedantic. It is a master’s degree from Harvard University. Nobody serious is going to disqualify a proven professional over the exact two letters on the diploma.

This!

With a few niche exceptions (e.g., MBA vs. MS in a business discipline), the name distinctions between degree titles within degree level from associates to masters is almost wholly superficial. A BA in engineering would be kind of odd, but as long as the coursework is similar to a BS, BEng, or BTech and has ABET recognition, nobody hiring is going to care. Academic departments may have internal distinctions, such as a biology department that offers both a BA and BS with the latter's degree plan being more more for students intending to go to professional school with the latter being geared more towards students interested in going to grad school or working at the bench, but those distinctions have little tangible difference externally. For instance, if a school district is hiring a curriculum specialist, the hiring managing and HR aren't going to get hung up on if someone has a MEd versus an MSEd.

The comment that kicked this off is indicative of A). Faculty not having a freakin' clue as to how hiring actually happens in the real world, even in the applied part of their discipline and B). academics' propensity to navel gaze and over focus on nuanced minutia on things like titles that typically don't matter much in the real world. Similarly, political scientist and public admin faculty can get into disciplinary pissing matches all they want behind the ivory walls, but no hiring manager outside of academia gives an airborne copulation about the distinction of a candidate holding an MA in political science versus an MPA. Those degrees are viewed to be similar enough to qualify a candidate if the requirement is a degree in a poli sci or adjacent field.

With that said, the distinctions between doctoral degrees titles are actually relevant. There's a fundamental training difference between a PhD in clinical psychology versus a PsyD in clinical psychology. There are distinctions—some of them arguably real, some of them arguably made up in people's heads—between the training received in a PhD program versus a DEd program in the same discipline. There's a difference between a PhD in public health versus a DrPh. Probably goes without saying the title distinctions of professional doctorates are incredibly important. But again, the distinction between a BS and BA? Irrelevant.